The world's largest private employer is about to give its employees a raise. "As you know, the President and Congress have approved a lower business tax rate".

Back in October, David French, NRF senior vice president for government relations, pointed to an analysis by the association that found the average "C" corporation, many of which are retailers, paid the average worker almost $4,700 less per year because of the previous 35 percent corporate tax rate. "It's due to two factors - state-level increases and a tightening labor market". The changes will affect more than one million hourly associates in the U.S. The payscale for hourly workers will be from $11 to $24.70 per hour. And New York, Arizona, Colorado, Maine and OR will all reach that level next year, as efforts at the state level to boost livelihoods have gained steam. More than 600,000 will directly benefit from the minimum wage increase.

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Brevard County's unemployment rate has also plummeted from 6.9 percent in January 2015 to 3.6 percent in September 2017.

Even with the wage bump, many workers will struggle if they're the sole breadwinner. But it's safe to say that, over 10 years, this corporate tax cut will be worth over $18 billion to Walmart.

The pay hike at Walmart follows similar actions at rival Target Corp. Year-to-date, WMT has gained 0.93%, versus a 2.72% rise in the benchmark S&P 500 index during the same period. In the previous economic uptick, wage growth peaked in December 2006 at 4.2 percent on a year-over-year basis.

Here's who is passing some of those savings along to employees. He said it was too early to say how many people would lose their jobs since some will be placed at other Walmart locations or be rehired to the e-commerce sites.

Walmart has begun using robot sweepers in many stores to keep the aisles clean as well, much to the chagrin of its janitorial staff. Pretax income for the company's 2017 fiscal year ended last January was $22.76 billion. The bonuses will pay a larger amount the longer an employee has been working at the company, the statement said.

The announcement comes after a number of other massive US firms such as Waste Management, Jet Blue and Bank of America made similar promises to increase employee wages and bonuses.

Walmart is also rolling out another new benefit that will provide financial assistance to employees looking to adopt a child.

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YS VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana is an epic RPG that was previously released on PS4, but will come to the Switch this summer. Overkill Software also announced that the release date for Payday 2 on the Switch is February 27th, 2018.

There's nothing official on the coaching front as the Browns continue to weigh their options and meet with candidates. Dorsey and Wolf, son of former Packers General Manager Ron Wolf, worked together for nine years in Green Bay.

The Spurs took an extra cautious route with Kawhi Leonard's return and have maintained that path upon his return. While Leonard is without a timetable for a return, the team doesn't think the shoulder injury is serious.

Something new the Bronze Edition of the KeyOne has is dual-SIM support, which is popular in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. TCL's also bringing the previously launched BlackBerry Motion to United States shores and pricing it at $449.99.

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The vocalist, who was born Alecia Beth Moore, will sing the national anthem ahead of the February 4 title game at U.S. Pink is being given the honor of opening the 2018 Super Bowl next month by performing the national anthem.

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